AU and UN call for release of Malian leader Keïta detained by mutinying soldiers

Bamako  — The AU and UN called for the release of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and top government officials after they were detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako.

The development has plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis...

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